Brief CV

• Associate Professor, College of the Environmental & Ecology, Xiamen University, 2019.10-now

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow of International Exchange Program, College of the Environmental & Ecology, Xiamen University, 2017-2019

• Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Tohoku University, 2015-2017

• Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University, 2013-2016

• MEng., Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku university,2011-2013

• Bachelor, School of Environmental & Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian Univercity, 2006-2010

Research Interests

• New process for nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater

• Anaerobic digestion in AnMBR system

• Development and application of recyclable material

• （Research interests and expertise in pollutant treatment and resource recovery are highly desirable）

Selected Publications

• Chen, G.J., Zhang, Y.L.*, Wang, X.F., Chen, F., Lin, L., Ruan, Q.Z., Wang, Y.Z., Wang, F.F., Cao, W.Z. *, Chiang, P.C. 2020. Optimizing of operation strategies of the single-stage partial nitrification-anammox process. Journal of Cleaner Production, 256.

• Lin, L., Zhang, Y.L.*, Beckman, M., Cao, W.Z., Ouyang, T., Wang, S.P., Li, Y.Y. 2019. Process optimization of anammox-driven hydroxyapatite crystallization for simultaneous nitrogen removal and phosphorus recovery. Bioresource Technology, 290.

• Zhang, Y. L., Ma, H. Y., Lin, L., Cao, W. Z., Ouyang, T., Li, Y. Y., Enhanced Simultaneous Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal Performance by Anammox-HAP Symbiotic Granules in the Attached Film Expanded Bed Reactor. Acs Sustain Chem Eng 2018, 6, (8), 10989-10998.

• Zhang, Y.L., Ma, H.Y., Chen, R., Niu, Q.G., Li, Y.Y. 2018. Stoichiometric variation and loading capacity of a high-loading anammox attached film expanded bed (AAEEB) reactor. Bioresource Technology, 253, 134-140.

• Zhang, Y.L., Ma, H.Y., Niu, Q.G., Chen, R., Hojo, T., Li, Y.Y. 2016. Effects of soluble microbial products (SMP) on the performance of an anammox attached film expanded bed (AAFEB) reactor: synergistic interaction and toxic shock. Bioresource Technology, 222, 261-269.

• Zhang, Y.L., Niu, Q.G., Ma, H.Y., He, S.L., Kubota, K., Li, Y.-Y. 2016. Long-term operation performance and variation of substrate tolerance ability in an anammox attached film expanded bed (AAFEB) reactor. Bioresource Technology, 211, 31-40.

• Zhang, Y.L., He, S.L., Niu, Q.G., Qi, W.K., Li, Y.Y. 2016. Characterization of three types of inhibition and their recovery processes in an anammox UASB reactor. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 109, 212-221.

• Zhang, Y.L., Ma, H.Y., Niu, Q.G., Chen, R., Hojo, T., Li, Y.Y. 2016. Effects of substrate shock on the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) excretion and characteristics of attached biofilm anammox granules. RSC advances,6.113289-113297.

• Guan, Q.S., 1. Zhang, Y. L., Tao, Y.R., Chang C.T., Cao, W. Z. 2019. Graphene functions as a conductive bridge to promote anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with iron reduction in mangrove sediment slurries. Geoderma, 352, 181-184.

• Ma, H.Y., Zhang, Y.L., Yi Xue., Li, Y.Y. 2018. A new process for simultaneous nitrogen removal and phosphorus recovery using an anammox expanded bed reactor. Bioresource Technology, 267, 201-208.

• Ma, H.Y., Zhang, Y.L., Yi Xue., Zhang, Y.F., Li, Y.Y. 2018. Relationship of heme c, nitrogen loading capacity and temperature in anammox reactor. Science of The Total Environment, 659, 568-577.

Teaching Experience

• Environmental Engineering

• Pollution Control and Resource Recovery

• Specialty English, Seminar